Rudy Giuliani Has Something To Say About Rush Limbaugh’s Death
George Gojkovich/Getty Images By Lana Schwartz/Feb. 17, 2021 3:15 pm EST
Media personality Rush Limbaugh, longtime host of The Rush Limbaugh Show and a gigantic figure in conservative media, passed away today at age 70, after succumbing to lung cancer (via CNN). His wife, Kathryn, appropriately shared the news on her late husband’s radio show. “As so many of you know, losing a loved one is terribly difficult, even more so when that loved one is larger than life,” Kathryn Limbaugh said during the program. “Rush will forever be the greatest of all time.”
Many were quick to share their reactions to Limbaugh’s passing, including former mayor of New York and Trump adviser Rudy Giuliani. Giuliani tweeted on Wednesday: “My friend Rush Limbaugh was the most influential commentator in the world. He created a whole new genre. A genius, patriot, humorist, great golf partner, and a generous kind man. We will miss him but he lives on in heaven and on earth with those he inspired.”
Rudy Giuliani Has Something To Say About Rush Limbaugh’s Death
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By Lana Schwartz/Feb. 17, 2021 3:15 pm EST
Media personality Rush Limbaugh, longtime host of The Rush Limbaugh Show and a gigantic figure in conservative media, passed away today at age 70, after succumbing to lung cancer (via CNN). His wife, Kathryn, appropriately shared the news on her late husband’s radio show. “As so many of you know, losing a loved one is terribly difficult, even more so when that loved one is larger than life,” Kathryn Limbaugh said during the program. “Rush will forever be the greatest of all time.”
Many were quick to share their reactions to Limbaugh’s passing, including former mayor of New York and Trump adviser Rudy Giuliani. Giuliani tweeted on Wednesday: “My friend Rush Limbaugh was the most influential commentator in the world. He created a whole new genre. A genius, patriot, humorist, great golf partner, and a generous kind man. We will miss him but he lives on in heaven and on earth with those he inspired.”
His wife, Kathryn, appropriately shared the news on her late husband’s radio show. “As so many of you know, losing a loved one is terribly difficult, even more so when that loved one is larger than life,” Kathryn Limbaugh said during the program. “Rush will forever be the greatest of all time.”
Many were quick to share their reactions to Limbaugh’s passing, including former mayor of New York and Trump adviser Rudy Giuliani. Giuliani tweeted on Wednesday: “My friend Rush Limbaugh was the most influential commentator in the world. He created a whole new genre. A genius, patriot, humorist, great golf partner, and a generous kind man. We will miss him but he lives on in heaven and on earth with those he inspired.”
A polarizing figure
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Limbaugh was long-known as an ally to Republicans, a party to which Giuliani is a stalwart member. He notoriously helped stoke the flames of the birtherism fire surrounding Barack Obama’s presidency (via The Guardian), is thought to have delivered Republicans the majority in the House of Representatives in 1994 (via Insider), and to many, paved the way for an era of divisiveness and disinformation that led way to the Trump presidency.
